It's been a great month for birds here in Northeast Tennessee, and a fine month to enjoy watching them. Here are a few samples

A young man at our Church laid out a Bluebird Box trail on the church grounds for an Eagle project. And it looks like his boxes are successful. Here are several shots of Bluebird mom & dad - looks like she's doing most of the feeding work, while he supervises!








One of the bluebird boxes attracted a pair of Tree Swallows. Once again, it's mom on the nest, and dad keeping things safe from the outside.







This Carolina Chickadee found a unique snack for his/her young. Chickadees eat plenty of tiny pest insects, but this is the first time I've seen one carrying a spider back to the nest!




Speaking of nests, here's a shot of a Junco up on Viking Mt in Greene County, in the midst of nest construction. Can you tell what kind of "building materials" the Junco is carrying?




Mr. & Mrs. Canada Goose sure are keeping a close eye on their quick-growing young'uns!




We have several pairs of Orioles nesting at the home park. Have not been able to spot them at the nest, but here's a few shots of Mr. & Mrs. Oriole keeping an eye on passing hikers from a nearby tree.






This Chipping Sparrow was "singing up a storm" over at Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area - and just in time for all the apple blossoms.




We had a rather unusual (for us) group of visitors last weekend here at the home park. A passing flock of Common Terns - heading for their much more northern breeding grounds - stopped for a quick snack.






And this little fellow was checking out nesting sites over at Fall Creek Falls State Park. Yellow-Throated Warblers are frequent summer visitors there on the Cumberland Plateau.






Hope you enjoyed the flocks of feathered friends, and that you'll share your comments & critique!

[artistcjconrad]

It's been a great month for birds here in Northeast Tennessee, and a fine month to enjoy watching them. Here are a few samples

A young man at our Church laid out a Bluebird Box trail on the church grounds for an Eagle project. And it looks like his boxes are successful. Here are several shots of Bluebird mom & dad - looks like she's doing most of the feeding work, while he supervises!








One of the bluebird boxes attracted a pair of Tree Swallows. Once again, it's mom on the nest, and dad keeping things safe from the outside.







This Carolina Chickadee found a unique snack for his/her young. Chickadees eat plenty of tiny pest insects, but this is the first time I've seen one carrying a spider back to the nest!




Speaking of nests, here's a shot of a Junco up on Viking Mt in Greene County, in the midst of nest construction. Can you tell what kind of "building materials" the Junco is carrying?




Mr. & Mrs. Canada Goose sure are keeping a close eye on their quick-growing young'uns!




We have several pairs of Orioles nesting at the home park. Have not been able to spot them at the nest, but here's a few shots of Mr. & Mrs. Oriole keeping an eye on passing hikers from a nearby tree.






This Chipping Sparrow was "singing up a storm" over at Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area - and just in time for all the apple blossoms.




We had a rather unusual (for us) group of visitors last weekend here at the home park. A passing flock of Common Terns - heading for their much more northern breeding grounds - stopped for a quick snack.






And this little fellow was checking out nesting sites over at Fall Creek Falls State Park. Yellow-Throated Warblers are frequent summer visitors there on the Cumberland Plateau.






Hope you enjoyed the flocks of feathered friends, and that you'll share your comments & critique!

Very nicely done....looks like you had lots of fun

[Heinrich Lohmann]

What a wonderful series mole, thanks for posting it.

[Murra54]

great set of images, well done, thank you for sharing

[Janse]

A whole bunch of great shots!

[pete-tarmigan]

Speaking of nests, here's a shot of a Junco up on Viking Mt in Greene County, in the midst of nest construction. Can you tell what kind of "building materials" the Junco is carrying?

Sporophytes from moss?

[csa]

What a beautiful set of images! I love each of them, and cannot pick a favorite. It's so interesting to see birds from other areas!

Thanks for taking us along on this great adventure of bird watching!

[mole]

Very nicely done....looks like you had lots of fun

Yes, plenty of fun - glad you enjoyed them.

What a wonderful series mole, thanks for posting it.

Thanks so much!

great set of images, well done, thank you for sharing

And thanks for taking time to comment!

A whole bunch of great shots!

Glad you liked them.

Sporophytes from moss?

Correct! Probably Polytrichum ("hairy cap moss")

What a beautiful set of images! I love each of them, and cannot pick a favorite. It's so interesting to see birds from other areas!

Thanks for taking us along on this great adventure of bird watching!

Thanks, and thanks also for sharing the birds of your region!

[Outis]

I love the drama in the photo of the two Common Terns.

[PlumCrazy]

Love the tree swallows pics - beautiful!!

[Fenyx]

Very nice set! Beautiful Birds! An excellent photographer.

[Jean-Mari Photos]

Pretty rare moments.

[Suhail]

Awesome shots!

Just out of curiosity, were you using K-1's cropped mode?

[Gabriele]

A very nice collection, good job!